1 Kings 16:17 Parallel Translations
NASB: Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Omri and the Israelite troops with him left Gibbethon and attacked Tirzah.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
ASV: And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
BBE: Then Omri went up from Gibbethon, with all the army of Israel, and they made an attack on Tirzah, shutting in the town on every side.
DBY: And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
ERV: And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
JPS: And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
WBS: And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
WEB: Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
YLT: And Omri goeth up, and all Israel with him, from Gibbethon, and they lay siege to Tirzah.
1 Kings 16:17 Cross References
XREF:1 Kings 16:16 The people who were camped heard it said, "Zimri has conspired and has also struck down the king." Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.

1 Kings 16:18 When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire, and died, (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged {h} Tirzah.
(h) Where Zimri holed up.
MHC: 16:15-28 When men forsake God, they will be left to plague one another. Proud aspiring men ruin one another. Omri struggled with Tibni some years. Though we do not always understand the rules by which God governs nations and individuals in his providence, we may learn useful lessons from the history before us. When tyrants succeed each other, and massacres, conspiracies, and civil wars, we may be sure the Lord has a controversy with the people for their sins; they are loudly called to repent and reform. Omri made himself infamous by his wickedness. Many wicked men have been men of might and renown; have built cities, and their names are found in history; but they have no name in the book of life.
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